Khayyam: 31 books

Selected rubáyát by Omar Khayyam about the meaning of life in translated by Richard Le Gallienne.Works of the following artists are used in this publication: Mohammad Tajvidi, Charles Landelle, Albrecht Dürer, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jacques Aved, Paul-Louis Bouchard, Ludwig Deutsch.

From the Persian astronomer and philosopher Omar Khayyam comes this collection of poems that will take your breath away.  The quatrains are simple and spontaneous yet brimming with beauty.  Not discovered until 1859, they are now some of the best-known and most frequently quoted verses.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, first written in Persian and numbering about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048–1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A ruba'i is a two-line...

Omar Khayyam pratique, en toute sérénité d’âme, « l’indifférence à la foi et au doute ». Ni l’étude, ni le raisonnement, ni l’intuition ne peuvent nous éclairer, et l’impuissance est égale de ceux qui par la science ou par la religion espèrent résoudre l’énigme de ce monde....

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.  From the Persian astronomer and philosopher Omar Khayyam comes this collection of poems that will take your breath away.  The quatrains are simple and spontaneous yet brimming with beauty.  Not discovered until 1859, they are now some of the best-known and most frequently quoted verses.

Robaiyat ou Quatrains (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie d'Omar Khayyam Descriptif : Les Rubaïyat (ou quatrains) d'Omar Khayyam sont une collection de poèmes, écrits en persan, attribués à l'écrivain et savant perse Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)....

The best-loved, bestselling poem ever published is reissued in a bicentennial edition with a sumptuous new look. Edward FitzGerald's much-loved, often-quoted, best-selling 1859 translation of the Rubaiyat (650 editions in 150 years), with Attar's charming narrative poem, Bird Parliament. Extensive new introduction with notes and chronology.

«'Omar Al-Khayyami was a Nishapuri by birth and extraction. He [may be regarded as] the successor of Abu 'Ali (Avicenna) in the various branches of philosophic learning; but he was a man of reserved character and disliked entertaining (sayyik al-'atan). While he was in Ispahan he perused a certain...

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Anthology of classic Persian (Iranian) literature, including The Shah Nameh by Firdusi (translationed by James Atkinson), The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam (translated by Edward Fitzgerald), The Divan by Hafiz (translated by H. Bicknell, and The Gulistan by Sa'di (translated by James Ross). Both volumes in a single file.

The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam is a poem of high divine and spiritual meaning. The beauty and simplicity of this poem is so immaculate that people of all faiths and those who have no faith at all can seek divine solace in it. Omar has used popular metaphors in his passionate praise of wine and love....

Les Principia Discordia sont un recueil de textes sacrés du Discordianisme, écrits par Malaclypse The Younger (Greg Hill) et Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst (Kerry Thornley) vers la fin des années 1950. Ils ont été publiés pour la première fois en cinq...

Préférant les jouissances de l'éphémère aux vérités érigées en dogmes, Omar Khayyam était un homme qui regardait le ciel en face. Au lieu de gémir sur le sort de l'humanité, il ne voulut lui souhaiter que l'ivresse et l'amour. Haïssant l'esclavage de la pensée, ce poète, vivant il y...

The Reviewer to whom I owe the Particulars of Omar's Life concludes his Review by comparing him with Lucretius, both as to natural Temper and Genius, and as acted upon by the Circumstances in which he lived. Both indeed were men of subtle, strong, and cultivated Intellect, fine Imagination, and Hearts...